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Steve Punt explores the impact of the flexi-disc - and the history of giveaways in the publishing industry. From 1999.
Steve Punt explores the advent of the flexi-disc and how it was used in marketing all manner of products.
Robert Opie, of the Museum of Advertising and Packaging in Gloucester, explains how publishers were at the vanguard of give-away gimmicks, as far back as the Crimean War.
Plus Norman Burtt describes marketing ploys used by Lever Brothers.
Written and presented by Steve Punt
Producers: Sue Foster & Simon Elmes
First broadcast on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4 in September 1999.
Last on
Tue 5 Aug 2025
09:30
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